702. Roman Civil War: The Barbarian Invasion (Part 2)

Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook continue their series on the fall of the Roman Republic. They explore first-century BC Rome, the rivalry between Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla, the Social War, and the threat of Germanic tribes along the frontier. The episode frames the northern threat as an existential crisis for Rome and traces how Marius' defensive wars set the stage for Sulla's rise.